30th July

With clear skies from dawn until dusk, it was hardly surprising that things remained in a similar fashion, although a stiff North-westerly continues to hamper our ringing effort in the Crown Estate field. The days reports were confined to the bill where 100 WillowWarblers, 11 Wheatears, 10 SedgeWarblers, 5 Whitethroat, 3 SongThrushes and one of Spotted and PiedFlycatcher. The sea remained quiet with just 7 CommonScoter, 2 ManxShearwater and Singles of Redshank, BalearicShearwater and CommicTern. 90 Dunlin, 48 RingedPlover, 2 Turnstone, a Whimbrel, a CommonSandpiper and CommonGull were at Ferrybridge.The Obs Moth Traps were very busy again, Rusty Dot Pearl was well represented with 102, along with 2 Dark Spinach and MarbledYellowPearlEvergestisExtimalis. However it was the traps further up island that stole the show. The Islands second record of Pearl-band Grass Veneer Catoptria margaritella was trapped at Southwell and the third island record of Lesser-spotted pinion at reap lane. Painted Lady and Clouded Yellow are regularly putting in an appearance at the bill this week with 4 individuals of the latter seen today.